Angry engineer digs up wife's drive

Furious civil engineer Kevin Covell dug-up his estranged wife's driveway with a JCB following a row over damage to his car.

Covell dumped tons of rubble on his wife Jeanette's car after accusing her of pouring paint stripper on his own vehicle.

King's Lynn magistrates in Norfolk heard how Covell had moved out of the matrimonal home and relations between the pair had soured following a fight over access to their daughter.

The Daily Telegraph reported that Covell drove his digger to his wife's house in King's Lynn last September after paint stripper was poured on his car.

Neighbours watched as Covell dug a 10ft by 8ft hole in the driveway and dumped the rubble on his wife's Vauxhall Astra causing the roof to cave in.

The court heard there was no proof Mrs Covell had attacked his car. He admitted criminal damage and was given a 12 week custodial sentence, suspended for one year and 180 hours of community service.